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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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